Costs sink community pool plans

A Bass Coast community group has missed out on securing a swimming pool for public use.

The Waterline Community Pool group has been working with the state Department of Education and others to gain access to the Bass Valley Primary School's pool.

However, the project, which has the support of the local council and received a $52,000 grant, has now been scrapped.

The president of the Waterline Community Pool group, Jean Coffey, says the community has missed out on sharing what would have been a much-loved facility.

She says there is little hope of securing an alternative site for a new pool.

"No, not at the moment because building a pool as you would know is a hugely expensive business, we're hoping with the council to have the grant redirected towards the skateboard park project," she said.

The principal of Bass Valley Primary School, Leanne Edwards, says it is too expensive to open the pool to the general public.

She says the pool is funded by the school council, not by the Department of Education.

"While the community were going to reimburse us for some running costs, for the long-term we just couldn't afford to wear the extra wear on our equipment and our school community and the students at our school had to be our priority," she said.

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